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Hyphaene thebaica - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Hyphaene thebaica - Fruit - Click to enlarge!

Fruit; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Hyphaene thebaica - Crown - Click to enlarge!

Crown; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Hyphaene thebaica - Trunk, note the prominent leaf bases - Click to enlarge!

Trunk, note the prominent leaf bases; Nigeria; 4/2006 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1609
Date of entry: 26.02.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Doum palm

German: Doumpalmen

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Arecales (29)

        Family: Arecaceae (29)(family description)

          Genus: Hyphaene (1)

            Epithet: thebaica (L.) C. Martius (1)

thebaica => of or from Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: tree

External links

Check for Hyphaene thebaica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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